What single thing would improve the quality of your life?

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I’ve always wished I had stronger fingers, and most of my friends always have stronger fingers.

Matthew Roberson, GQ, 23 January 2026 source ↗

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I could be kinder to myself.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 December 2021 source ↗

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Question What is your greatest fear? Identity & self
I think when I was younger, I had a lot of the fears that, that you expect from people. Like I was kind of afraid of spiders and things like that. And I think with, you know, years of dealing with fear nonstop, they've all sort of fallen away. I, I mean, I guess my greatest fear is like public embarrassment or public performance, or like what I said earlier about opera singing I'm like, that is still for sure that would be a nightmare. And like, yeah, I could do it. But I would be so bummed.
Recorded Adam Grant, Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, TED, 20 September 2022 source ↗
Question What keeps you awake at night? Daily life
No, I don’t really worry that much when I sleep. I mean, the stuff that I get stressed about is all like real life stuff with, you know, dealing with email and responding to calls and like, you know, hustling and I don’t know, like doing my taxes. You know, like all the stuff that I’m just like not good at.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show, The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss, 1 January 2018 source ↗
Question How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a favourite failure? Failure & regret
Yeah. I, I think an interesting thing with that is that like, is it even failure if you've learned from it and you've taken those lessons onto your next project or the next thing that you're working on? And it's like, that's not necessarily a failure. It's all just part of a long-term learning process.
Recorded Adam Grant, Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, TED, 20 September 2022 source ↗

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